In 1976, The Rezillos formed during the Punk Wave. Hailing from Scotland, they delivered a different kind of punk and in the travel, gained a solid fan base that extended to the US. With music that was more campy rather than socially-minded and angry, Rezillos subscribed to The B-52s and Cramps approaches. With two Rezillos albums in their original era release, The Rezillos dissolved into The Revillos for a broader collection of albums, EPs, and singles that existed through the middle ’80s.
On April 24, Cherry Red UK will issue a 6CD Boxed set featuring music from The Revillos-era of the famed band. With the band’s two DinDisc issues, Rev Up (1980), and the withdrawn 1982 release of Attack!, and a collection of four Live sets, two of which were released earlier (Alive And On Fire In Japan– 1994, Totally Alive – 1998), and a third CD with two shows, Live! Colchester Institute – May of 1981 and New York City Ritz, both previously unreleased). Each of the two studio albums will include bonus tracks along with Live BBC tracks. The Attack! album is here as both the withdrawn 1982 version and the later expanded reissue from 2002. The 6CD Box will be called Stratoplay: The Box Set.
The box will be complemented with a nicely packed booklet with sleeve notes, and photos. The albums will feature original artwork on the sleeve jackets.
Stratoplay: The Box Set – The Revillos!
CD1 (Rev Up)
01 Secret Of The Shadow
02 Rev Up!
03 Rock-A-Boom
04 Voodoo
05 Bobby Come Back To Me
06 Scuba Boy Bop
07 Yeah Yeah
08 Hungry For Love
09 Juke Box Sound
10 On The Beach
11 Cool Jerk
12 Hippy Hippy Sheik
13 Motorbike Beat
14 Where’s The Boy For Me?
15 The Fiend
16 No Such Luck
17 Scuba Scuba
18 Voodoo 2
Bonus Tracks
John Peel BBC Radio 1 Session TX 03/17/80:
19 Hip City – You Were Meant For Me
20 Rock-A-Boom
21 Scuba-Scuba
22 Voodoo
John Peel BBC Radio 1 Session – TX 05/13/81:
23 Caveman Raveman
24 (She’s Fallen In Love With A) Monster Man
25 Snatzomobile
26 Man Attack!
CD2 (Attack! – 2002 version)
01 Snatzomobile
02 Hip City – You Were Meant For Me
03 Graveyard Groove
04 Sputnick Kiss
05 (Bitten By A) Love Bug
06 Man Attack!
07 Midnight
08 Bongo Brain
09 Mad From Birth To Death
10 (She’s Fallen In Love With A) Monster Man
11 Tell Him
12 Man Hunt
13 Caveman Raveman
14 Do The Mutilation
15 Mind Bending Cutie Doll
16 Your Baby’s Gone
Bonus Tracks
17 Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town
18 1982 Make A Wish
Richard Skinner BBC Radio 1 Session – TX 06/23/81
19 Do The Mutilation
20 Bongo Brain
21 Your Baby’s Gone
22 Man Hunt
CD3 (Attack! 1982 Version)
01 Man Attack!
02 Sputnick Kiss
03 Midnight
04 Snatzomobile
05 Graveyard Groove
06 Man Hunt
07 Tell Him
08 Your Baby’s Gone
09 Do The Mutilation
10 Mad From Birth To Death
11 (Bitten By A) Love Bug
12 Caveman Raveman
Bonus Tracks
13 Tell Him (Aura Version)
14 Bitten By A Love Bug (12″ Version)
15 Cat Call
16 Trigger Happy Jack
17 Midnight (12″ Version)
18 Z-X-7
19 Bitten By A Love Bug (7″ Version)
20 Midnight (7″ Version)
CD4 (Live And On Fire In Japan – Live)
01 Secret Of The Shadow
02 Bongo Brain
03 Rock-A-Boom
04 (She’s Fallen In Love With A) Monster Man
05 Where’s The Boy For Me?
06 Rev Up!
07 Bitten By A Lovebug
08 Mad From Birth To Death
09 Bobby Come Back To Me
10 The Fiend
11 Scuba Scuba
12 (My Baby Does) Good Sculptures
13 Do The Mutilation
14 Somebody’s Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight
15 Yeah Yeah
Bonus Tracks
16 Yeah Yeah
17 Crush
18 Scuba Scuba (Japanese)
19 Scuba Scuba
Mark Radcliffe BBC Radio 1 Session 1996
20 The Last Of The Secret Agents
21 Crush
22 Motorbike Beat
23 Hip City
CD5 (Totally Alive – London 1996)
01 Mystery Action
02 Motorbike Beat
03 Where’s The Boy For Me?
04 Getting Me Down
05 Man Attack!
06 Mindbending Cutie Doll
07 Man Hunt
08 Your Baby’s Gone
09 Mad From Birth To Death
10 Crush
11 Glad All Over
12 (My Baby Does) Good Sculptures
13 The Last Of The Secret Agents
14 Flying Saucer Attack
15 Do The Mutilation
16 Somebody’s Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight
17 Destination Venus
18 I Can’t Stand My Baby
19 Yeah Yeah
CD6 (Live! Previously Unreleased)
Colchester Institute – May 1981
01 Motorbike Beat
02 Bongo Brain
03 Mind Bending Cutie Doll
04 Hip City – You Were Meant For Me
05 Your Baby’s Gone
06 Scuba Boy Bop
07 Do The Mutilation
08 (She’s Fallen In Love With A) Monster Man
09 Where’s The Boy For Me?
10 Boys
11 Hippy Hippy Sheik
The Ritz (NYC) 02/22/81
12 Secret Of The Shadow
13 Jukebox Sound
14 Hip City – You Were Meant For Me
15 Voodoo
16 Hungry For Love
17 Mind Bending Cutie Doll
18 Where’s The Boy For Me?
19 Scuba Boy Bop
20 No Such Luck
21 Bobby Come Back To Me
22 Dancing In The Streets
23 Man Attack
24 (She’s Fallen In Love With A) Monster Man
25 Motorbike Beat
26 Hippy Hippy Sheik
27 Rock-A-Boom
28 Rocking Goose
29 Cool Jerk
30 Yeah Yeah